Crate or basket.



C. A. WILSON.

CRATE 0R BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22. I914- RENEWED OCT. 18,1915.

1,161,755. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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Inventor,-

oHAnLns Arwoon WILSON, or WEST-PERU, MAINE, AssIGnoR. ro HoiaAoE n.BOWIDITCH 7 :AND JAMES R. row vsnnn, BOTH or AUGUSTA, MAINE.) p

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Application filed August. 22, 1914, Serial No. 857,986,3enewei1 e t 3,915. Serial at; 56,591.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Arwoon WILSON, of West Peru, in the countyof OX- ford and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Crates or Baskets, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to crates or baskets made from dowels and securedtogether by wires and the object of the invention is to make a basket ofthis type which can be made at low cost and of great strength.

The invention consists of aerate or basket constructed and put togetheras hereinafter described and claimed.

My invention may best be understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing in which is shown one form of basket constructed according to myinvention.

In the drawing, Figure l is a side elevation of mybasket with certainportions cut away and other portions in section, Fig. 2 is a plan, andFig. 3 is a detail showing the manner of attaching'side handles when twohandles are to be used.

The basket is made up of a series of up right dowels a which arearranged to form the four sides, the baskets formed according to myinvention being generally rectangular in shape. K

The dowels a are by preference inclined outwardly so that the top willbe somewhat larger than the bottom.

.Qihe upper ends of the upright dowels a are connected together by aflexible binder which is preferably a piece of steel'wire 0,

I V the wire passing through holes in the dowels and through holesformed in the spacing blocks 7) which are as here shown, short sectionsof the side dowels.

dowel sections of the same diameter as the main dowels. The wire extendsentirely around the upper rim of the basket and the ends are broughttogether and twisted as at 0'.

The bottom of the basket is made up of a series of dowels (Z laidhorizontally with their ends interposed between two opposite If thebasket is to be square one fourth of theiupright dowels will engage thehorizontal dowels at each end of the bottom section. The other twoportions containing one fourth each will lie outside of the end bottomdowels and be substantially parallel therewith.

The bottom of the basket is secured by size of the basket dowels andthrough the lower ends of the remaining uprights and spacing blocks'Z)which are inserted to properly space them from one corner to the next.Thus two sides Specification of Letters P nt. P t t 915.

of the bottom are formed by interlocking s the upright with the bottomdowels-and the other two sides'are formed by the wire, the

spacing blocks and the lower ends of the up right dowels. The strengthand stability of that portion of the basket is dependent mostly on'thestrength and stiffness of the wire and in making these baskets I usewire which is relatively stiff and strong.

Handles are provided according to the of a wire bail e engaging a wireloop f and the use to which it is which is bent over the upper-bindingwire con. each side ofthe central upright dowel. v

In Fig.1 3 Ishow a side handle suitable Y for use in bushel, baskets,clothes baskets,

etc. In this instance two of the upright,

dowels are extended upward a considerable distance above the upper edgeof'the basket and are there joined by a cylindrical handle A wire 9extends through theupper ends of thedowelsand through the handle.Baskets ofvarious sizes and shapes may be made on this principle. Theyare strong, durable and may be cheaply made. great" advantage of themfor farm work is that being open, they allow all dirt, rocks,

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etc., to sift down through and escape so that it is not carried into thebarn or cellar.

This is particularly important in handling and storing potatoes.

I claim 1. A crate or basket consisting of a series of upright dowelsforming the sides of said basket, a series of horizontally disposedbot-.

tom dowels having their endsinterposed between the lower ends of twoopposite portions of said upright dowels forming the bottom of thebasket, perforated spacing blocks interposed between the upper ends ofsaid horizbmai dowels andthe lower ends of said upright dowels and theirspacing blocks.

tween the lower ends of two opposite portlons of said upright dowelsforming the bottom of the basket, perforated spacing V blocks-interposedbetween the upper ends of 7 Copies of this patent may beobtined for theupright dowels, a flexible binder threaded through the upper ends of theupright dowels. and their spacingblocks. andvmeans for. securing thebottom dowels to the up- ).i I right dowels.

- Intestimony whereof I have aifixed my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

CHAS. ATWOOD WILSON.

Witnesses;

WILLIAM W. WAITE, ALBERT S. TRASK.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G.

